Mining Incidents

Hwy 7 Quarry: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Aggregate Industries PLC
Hot Spring County, AR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0301387

Hwy 7 Quarry has had no fatalities among 5 reportable incidents since 1988.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1988–1990
Latest incident
Sep 1990
Ownership history
  1. Mid-State Construction & Materials Inc 1950 to 1988
  2. Mid-State Construction & Materials Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1990 6
1989 0
1988 8
1987 7
1986 7
1985 0
1984 8
1983 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Hwy 7 Quarry sits in Hot Spring County, Arkansas, where the Census mining category is 0.7% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Hot Spring County, Arkansas · Population 33,142
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$52,644
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1990 · 4 incidents

September 12, 1990 AR · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Mid-State Construction & Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REMOVING A GREASE FITTING ON THE TRACK ADJUSTER ON THE DRILL. IT WAS RAINING AND HE DIDN'T HAVE HIS SAFETY GLASSES ON. THE GREASE CAME OUT & HIT HIM IN THE EYES.

September 6, 1990 AR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mid-State Construction & Materials Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I NAME & I NAME WERE REPAIRING THE FRONT END OF AN EUCLID R-22 THEY HAD TO PICK THE SPINDLE UP 4 OR 5 DIFFERENT TIMES TO TRY & GET IT LINED UP THE LAST TIME THEY LIFTED IT I NAME FELT A PAIN I N HIS BACK

August 22, 1990 AR · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator MACHINERY
Mid-State Construction & Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS BEING TRAINED TO RUN A TRACK DRILL WHEN HE BLEW AIR TO CLEAN THE BORE HOLE HE SAYS SOME DUST GOT BEHIND HIS GLASSES AND INTO HIS EYE.

1988 · 1 incident